On January 2, 1969, about 30,000 copies of the album “Two Virgins” by John Lennon and Yoko Ono were seized at Nawark airport (New Jersey, USA), because the cover photo (in which both appeared naked) was material pornographic.
OTHER EVENTS
1492.- After ten years of war, the Catholic Monarchs enter Granada, conquered by the Arabs.
1814.- The Representative Assembly of Venezuela grants absolute powers to Simón Bolívar.
1839.- The Frenchman Louis Daguerre takes the first photograph (daguerreotype) of the Moon.
1843.- The opera “The Flying Dutchman” by Richard Wagner premieres in Dresden (Germany).
1912.- Inauguration of the new neon gas lighting in Germany.
1926.- For the first time in Spain, spoken newspapers called “La palabra” are broadcast on the radio.
1931.- First Panamanian revolutionary movement. The President of the Republic, Florencio Arosamena, was deposed and replaced by Harmodio Arias.
1942.- World War II: The Japanese enter Manila.
1949.- Luis Muñoz Marín becomes the first democratically elected governor of Puerto Rico.
1955.- The president of Panama, José Antonio Remón, is shot dead.
1959.- Fidel Castro takes power in Cuba. Troops commanded by Camilo Cienfuegos and Ernesto “Che” Guevara enter Havana.
.- The Soviet Union launches Luna-1, the first space probe intended for the Moon.
1971.- 66 people died in Glasgow (Scotland, United Kingdom) when a railing of the “Celtic” stadium gave way due to the pressure of the spectators.
1974.- The President of the United States, Richard Nixon, signs a law limiting speed to 55 miles per hour, to save petrol during the OPEC embargo.
1984.- The Court of Justice of the Andean Community begins to function in Quito.
2002.- Peronist Eduardo Duhalde assumes the presidency of Argentina and becomes the fifth president in 13 days.
2003.- In Paris, the French police thwart a plan for the escape of six members of ETA from the prison of La Santé.
2004.- The Colombian guerrilla Ricardo Palmera, alias “Simón Trinidad”, is arrested in Ecuador.
2008.- Two aid workers from Médecins Sans Frontières (a Spanish doctor and an Argentinian nurse) are released in Somalia, after a week of kidnapping.
2011.- The new anti-smoking law comes into force in Spain, which prohibits smoking in closed public places and in some open spaces.
2014.- The rescue of the 52 passengers of the Russian ship “Akadémik Shokálskiy”, trapped in Antarctic ice since December, is completed.
2016.- The mayor of the Mexican municipality of Temixco, Gisela Mota, is assassinated the day after taking office.
.- Saudi Arabia has executed Shiite cleric and leader Nimr Baqir al Nimr.
2018.- 53 people die in Peru when a bus falls off a cliff.
2020.- Interpol orders the arrest of the former president of Nissan Motor, Carlos Ghosn, who fled from Japan to Lebanon.
BIRTH
1837.- Mili Balakirev, Russian composer.
1873.- Therese of Lisieux, Carmelite nun and French saint.
1882.- César Rodríguez González, Spanish businessman, founder and first president of El Corte Inglés.
1886.- Florence Lawrence, Canadian inventor and actress.
1920.- Isaac Asimov, Russian writer who popularized scientific topics.
1936.- Roger Miller, American singer-songwriter.
1940.- Srinivasa Varadhan, American mathematician of Indian origin.
1947.- Elsa Baeza, Spanish singer born in Cuba.
1968.- Cuba Gooding Jr., American actor.
1970.- Jaime Rosales, Spanish director.
1983.- Kate Bosworth, American actress.
DECEASED
1948.- Vicente García Huidobro, Chilean poet.
1953.- Guccio Gucci, Italian milliner.
1984.- Sebastián Juan Arbó, Spanish writer.
1995.- Manuel Rivera Hernández, Spanish painter.
1997.- Joan Coromines, Spanish philologist and writer.
1999.- Margot Cottens, Uruguayan actress living in Spain.
2000.- Patrick O’Brian, British writer and translator.
2006.- Fernell Franco, Colombian photographer.
2009.- Inge Christensen, Danish writer.
2017.- John Berger, British historian and writer.
2018.- Rick Hall, American music producer.
.- Thomas Monson, American Mormon leader.
2020.- John Baldessari, American conceptual artist.
2022.- Richard Leakey, Kenyan paleoanthropologist and politician.EFE
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